DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 10/09/2006 Duedate: 10/21/2006 DULLENS ARENA DM-13 TURN-462 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS LU-LIGHTNING KIRKWOOD 1 (535) (13-4900) [17-8-0,115] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader LU-LIGHTNING POSITION IS EMPTY KIRKWOOD 1 (535) (13-4900) [17-8-0,115] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite ST-STUMP RUN ST-STUMP RUN KIRKWOOD 1 (535) KIRKWOOD 1 (535) (13-4899) [14-11-0,90] (13-4899) [14-11-0,90] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM KIRKWOOD 1 (535) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. KING CHARACTERS (549) 40 2. DREAMERS (539) 18PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527) 3. ARENA FELINES II (530) 0 Unchartered Team 4. CON ZAL CON2 (546) 0 5. MOMMY DEAREST (543) 0 KING CHARACTERS (549) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*CON ZAL CON2 (546) 13 5 3 72.2 1/ 2 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) 9 3 0 2- 2 MOMMY DEAREST (543) 59 40 7 59.6 2/ 3 DREAMERS (539) 9 6 1 3/ 3 PERFECTION QUEST 1 (527) 68 52 5 56.7 3/ 6*KING CHARACTERS (549) 5 5 0 4- 4 ARENA FELINES II (530) 60 58 2 50.8 4/ 4 PERFECTION QUEST 1 (527) 4 7 0 5/ 5 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) 64 62 1 50.8 5- 1*CON ZAL CON2 (546) 3 5 0 6/ 8*KING CHARACTERS (549) 5 5 0 50.0 6- 5 MOMMY DEAREST (543) 2 0 0 7/ 7 DREAMERS (539) 53 77 4 40.8 7- 7 ARENA FELINES II (530) 0 3 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank SPY REPORT Well, what are you looking at, DULLENS? Ain't you never seen Snide Clemens before? Ah, shaddup and listen to my news. Later days, CON ZAL CON2, since KIRKWOOD 1 took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. If this keeps up, CON ZAL CON2, you'll have to shine swords instead of use them. A drop of 4 in the rankings? KING CHARACTERS turned their 3-2-0 turn into a 3rd place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to see ST-STUMP RUN win a fight and gain 18 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, LOST POTATO FARMER beat PS-SHORT SPOKE and PS-SHORT SPOKE lost 19 points. You're breakin' my heart. And if variety is the spice of life, DULLENS may be getting bland, as LU-LIGHTNING stays top dog in the city. Kickbacks and bribes, kickbacks and bribes, how else do you think some of these guys win their fights? Skill? Ha! Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys. DULLENS, I am losing what little hope I had in you. PERFECTION QUEST 13 the most avoided team? What insult will suffice, I cannot say. And it looks like KIRKWOOD 1 avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me. Hmph. PS-SHORT SPOKE was challenged more times this turn than the Duelmaster. Now was the DM insulted or feared? Heh, heh. Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's see if anyone's dead or dying. I could say I saw this coming, but so could anyone else. Anyway, this turn it came. SUPERIOR TRICKS' 16-4-1 has earned it the Dark Arena. Now hey, I like to see a death as much as the next guy, but hey PERFECTION QUEST 13, whyja send SUPERIOR TRICKS to the Dark Arena, look at its record, huh? Honor is like a chainmail shirt, it only shines through use. Certain nameless cowards will doubtless rebuke me on this one. I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! I see the crowds are getting restless, I must leave now-- Snide Clemens DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LU-LIGHTNING 4900 17 8 0 115 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME LULLABY LUNGER 4969 14 11 0 91 DREAMERS (539) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME ST-STUMP RUN 4899 14 11 0 90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901 13 12 0 90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) -NORMAN BATES SL 4977 14 5 1 84 MOMMY DEAREST (543) WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842 13 11 1 83 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527) WS-THE WALL 4898 14 11 1 76 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) WISHFULL WALL 4987 10 15 0 69 DREAMERS (539) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026 13 10 3 64 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527) -SIGMOND FREUD - ST 5062 8 6 3 61 MOMMY DEAREST (543) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME SLEEPY STRIKER 5066 8 8 2 55 DREAMERS (539) SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085 7 5 0 55 DREAMERS (539) BEDTIME BASHER 5068 7 10 2 45 DREAMERS (539) -CARRIE PR 4978 9 3 1 43 MOMMY DEAREST (543) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -RIP 5103 2 1 1 27 CON ZAL CON2 (546) CHRISTINE 5124 2 0 0 24 KING CHARACTERS (549) CARRIE 5127 2 0 0 24 KING CHARACTERS (549) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SLUSH 5104 3 1 0 23 CON ZAL CON2 (546) -SCUMBOY 5102 2 1 0 18 CON ZAL CON2 (546) -ABS 5105 3 1 1 17 CON ZAL CON2 (546) POKE 5141 1 0 0 16 KING CHARACTERS (549) -ULTIMATE FELINE 5132 0 2 0 3 ARENA FELINES II (530) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? PIKE 5101 3 1 1 CON ZAL CON2 546 BEDTIME BASHER 5068 461 BOBBY TERRY 5139 0 1 0 KING CHARACTERS 549 THE ARETHA FRANKL 385 462 NONE JULE 5140 0 1 0 KING CHARACTERS 549 SALTMARSH OGRE 386 462 NONE SUPERIOR TRICKS 5027 16 5 1 PERFECTION QUEST 527 SALTMARSH OGRE 386 462 NONE PERSONAL ADS 14 September 2006 I am back in the arena and thinking back to those days in 1984 where I was a novice and clueless manager. Now, 22 years later it looks like I am an ancient and once again clueless manager. I am looking to recover some old warriors. Since none of them are Aimed Blows, they are no threat to win anything. I just want to see how they turned out. The Couatl 2-17 Madam Butterfly 20-701 Gypsy Moth 20-703 King Crab 21-1 Priestess Python 26-1388 Please contact me at DekeYoung@Comcast.net if you know about any of these ancient warriors, or just want to bs about the old, old, old times. 25 September 2006 It is obvious that the Dark Knights wish to be shown the light. Allow me to step forward and blind them with truth. YOU ARE WORTHLESS!!! The Dark Knights are so afraid of the light that they hide behind their black armor and empty threats. It is too bad they are unwilling to actually FIGHT us! I guess our natural light is too bright for you all to face! Fear us, for we are here! -- Gemini Goldphoenix, Overlord of the Avengers of Light! 5 October 2006 *Turf War IV Rules* Everyone may participate; known alliances, new alliances, or temporary alliances created to compete in the Turf War! However, to participate, each alliance must: A. Announce the alliance and the Captain of the alliance in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Captains are responsible for: a. verifying those who wish to participate under the banner of their alliance; b. distribution of prizes should their alliance win the Turf War. Managers must: a. Submit one (1) RSI Roll-Up Gift Certificate to participate to: Baphomet, mgr. Knights Templar (568), DM 47 -- North Fork, or Rick Stringer 13 St. Michael's CT Elkton, MD 21921 b. Announce their intent to compete with manager name, team name and alliance they will be fighting under in the North Fork (DM 47) newsletter. Rules: 1. No scoring will begin until a Gift Cert is received. No exceptions. 2. Before a manager can compete, he/she must declare and be verified by the Captain of the alliance he/she has claimed for; 3. Only one (1) team per player may compete. NO multiple aliases please. Violations will result in disqualification. 4. The contest will begin on the turn following the January F2F and run for 12 turns. 5. The turn a declaration and verification will begin the scoring process. 6. No declarations or verifications will be accepted after Turn 10 of the Turf War 5. 7. For the purpose of scoring, I reserve the right to make all final decisions. Scoring: Win Loss Kill Die Challenge +2 -2 +5 -5 Match-Up +1 -1 +1 -5 Bloodfeud +2 -5 +5 -10 Champion x2 x2 x2 x2 Downchallenge -10 xx -10 xx Dark Arena +10 -5 xx xx Special Scoring: a. Each mention in the Spy Report is worth 2 points (team mentions only!) b. Each Style Master is worth 2 points. c. Duelmaster Throne is worth 2 points Champions: a. Champions may be declared, but are not mandatory. If declared, the Champion must be in the Adepts or lower brackets on the turn they are declared without having gone above the Adepts bracket at any time...including transferred teams. (I'll be watching for this occurrence!) Bloodfeuds: a. Bloodfeuds count for all four (4) turns. However, the same warrior may not be used all four turns. 4 turns means 4 separate warriors. A penalty of -10 will be given to the team who violates this. Special Conditions: a. I reserve the right for all final decisions. b. If I make a mistake, I'll multiply the points by 2. c. If you claim I did, and *YOU* are wrong, I'll subtract points at the rate of x10. d. Each alliance begins with zero (0) points. e. Dark Arena may be used on the first turn of every warrior with no penalty (this means a warrior with 0 FE). f. TVs won after the contest begins gain a 25 point one time score once the tourney reports are posted in the NL. g. TCs won after the contest begins gain a 50 point one time score with the same conditions as noted for TVs. h. NO switching alliance once verified by an alliance that a team has declared for. i. Only 7 teams are permitted per alliance for the Turf War 5. PRIZES: Turf Wars are a "Winner Takes All" type contest. All prizes and 100% of the RU Certs will be given to the Captain of the winning alliance and it is his/her responsibility to give these to the alliance membership. I have requested from RSI the following: a. renaming of the orth Fork (DM 47) arena; b. renaming of Dark Arena Monsters; c. known favourite rhythms for one warrior on each team of the winning alliance. This warrior would be in the Initiates or above brackets on the last turn of the Turf War (they must have at least one arena fight to receive this award). Baphomet, Host of TW5 Special Note: A downchallenge is considered from a higher bracket to a lower bracket. Same bracket, more recognition points? Not a downchallenge! LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS SUPERIOR TRICKS was dealt death by SALTMARSH OGRE in a 3 minute Dark Arena fight. BOBBY TERRY was murdered by THE ARETHA FRANKLIN in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena melee. JULE was assassinated by SALTMARSH OGRE in a unpopular 2 minute Dark Arena duel. LULLABY LUNGER bested WS-THE WALL in a exciting 2 minute veteran's Challenge fight. LU-LIGHTNING devastated WISHFULL WALL in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Title duel. PS-SHORT SPOKE was beaten by LOST POTATO FARMER in a popular 3 minute master's brawl. WANTON SLAUGHTER lost to ST-STUMP RUN in a action packed 3 minute gory expert's duel. SLEEPY STRIKER vanquished TEDDY BEAR OF DEATH in a 1 minute one-sided duel. BEDTIME BASHER was overpowered by SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE in a 1 minute uneven match. SWEET DREAM STRIKER overpowered TEDDY BEAR OF DEATH in a 1 minute one-sided fight. CHRISTINE demolished CRANKY OLD COOT in a 1 minute mismatched competition. CARRIE devastated CRANKY OLD COOT in a 1 minute one-sided battle. POKE bested SCUMORAMA in a 2 minute amateur's bout. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |STRIKING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 17 - 1 65 | |WALL OF STEEL 4 STRIKING ATTACK 41 - 37 - 2 53 | |LUNGING ATTACK 2 TOTAL PARRY 23 - 22 - 0 51 | |SLASHING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 7 - 7 - 0 50 | |TOTAL PARRY 2 BASHING ATTACK 31 - 31 - 4 50 | |PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-STRIKE 10 - 11 - 0 48 | |BASHING ATTACK 1 WALL OF STEEL 26 - 30 - 1 46 | |AIMED BLOW 0 SLASHING ATTACK 18 - 21 - 0 46 | |PARRY-LUNGE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 6 - 0 45 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 11 - 0 27 | Turn 462 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are: LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 3 3 STRIKING ATTACK SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 0 AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 3 WALL OF STEEL STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 0 2 LUNGING ATTACK PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 2 SLASHING ATTACK PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 1 PARRY-STRIKE BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 TOTAL PARRY 0 - 2 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME LUNGING ATTACK LU-LIGHTNING 4900 17 8 0 115 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) STRIKING ATTACK ST-STUMP RUN 4899 14 11 0 90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) PARRY-STRIKE PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901 13 12 0 90 KIRKWOOD 1 (535) WALL OF STEEL WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842 13 11 1 83 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527) SLASHING ATTACK SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026 13 10 3 64 PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is ST-STUMP RUN 4899. The most popular warrior this turn was ST-STUMP RUN 4899. The ten other most popular fighters were LULLABY LUNGER 4969, PS-SHORT SPOKE 4901, LU-LIGHTNING 4900, SLEEPY STRIKER 5066, POKE 5141, WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842, SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085, CHRISTINE 5124, BOBBY TERRY 5139, and SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026. The least popular fighter this week was JULE 5140. The other ten least popular fighters were BEDTIME BASHER 5068, WISHFULL WALL 4987, WS-THE WALL 4898, CARRIE 5127, SUPERIOR LOOPHOLE 5026, BOBBY TERRY 5139, CHRISTINE 5124, SWEET DREAM STRIKER 5085, WANTON SLAUGHTER 4842, and POKE 5141. The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn: SUPERIOR TRICKS (13-5027) PERFECTION QUEST 13 (527)